GIT Cheatsheet

GIT Cheatsheet

Initial setup git Global Configuration Variables

These configuration variables are stored in ~/.gitconfig

git config --global user.name "<user>"

git config --global user.email "<email>"

git config --list

Initialize a new git Repository

cd into directory to be added to the repository

git init

git add -A

git commit -m "Repository Initialization"

git remote add origin ssh:<url>

git push origin master

Cloning a Remote Repository

git clone ssh:<url> <src/.>

git remote -v

git branch -a

Creating Branches

git branch <branch name>

git checkout <branch name>

git branch

Merging Branches

git checkout master

git pull origin master

git branch --merged

git merge <branch>

git push origin master

Deleting a Branch

git branch --merged

git branch -d <branch to delete>

git branch -a

git push origin --delete <branch to delete>

Update a file

git add <file>

git commit -m "Description of changes"

git push

Commiting & Pushing Changes

git diff

git status

git add -A

git commit -m "<message>"

git pull origin <branch>

git push origin <branch>

Remove files from repository keep local

git rm --cached <file>

git commit -m "Description of changes"

git push

List files in repository

git ls-files

Revert to previous version (pre commit)

git checkout <filename>

git status

git diff

Fix commit message

git commit --ammend -m "<message>"

Add a file as a part of previous commit

git commit --ammend

Remove the commit from the original branch (soft reset), removing commits but keeping staging directory in branch

git checkout <original branch>

git log

git reset --soft <hash of correct commit>

git status

Remove the commit from the original branch (mixed reset), removing commits and files in staging directory in branch

git checkout <original branch>

git reset <hash>

git status

Remove the commit from the original branch (hard reset), removing commits and tracked files entirely in branch

git checkout <original branch>

git reset --hard <hash>

git status

Remove Untracked Directories and Files

git clean -df

git status